Kallas Says Iranian Capacity To Target Gulf States 'Unsustainable'
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EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas says she doubts Iran’s capacity to sustain its pace of attacks on countries across the Middle East given its decimated military following the 12-day war last year with Israel and the current US-Israeli campaign launched against it over the weekend.
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News Kallas Says Iranian Capacity To Target Gulf States 'Unsustainable' By Zoriana Stepanenko March 04, 2026 15:52 CET Kallas Says Iranian Capacity To Target Gulf States 'Unsustainable' Share Share Print WARSAW -- EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas says she doubts Iran's capacity to sustain its pace of attacks on countries across the Middle East given its decimated military following the 12-day war last year with Israel and the current US-Israeli campaign launched against it over the weekend. "We have to understand that the Iranian capacities are not endless, especially if also the big friends are not supporting them," she told RFE/RL in an interview conducted in Warsaw on March 4. "Americans have also said that their target is the missile launchers and missile factories, then their capacity to cause harm is also and maybe more limited than they want to show. So this is always also a fight for narratives." Expanding on the answer about Tehran's allies, the former Estonian prime minister was quick to point out that Russia, which has long been seen as a key ally of Tehran, hasn't rushed to aid the Islamic regime. "What we have to see is that when Iran is fighting, they are fighting alone with their proxies. Russia is not supporting them," Kallas added. SEE ALSO: A New Front In Iran War? US Considers Arming Iranian Kurdish Opposition Groups US President Donald Trump said on March 3 that Iran "is going to be in for a lot of hurt" in the coming days, adding that "the big-scale hitting goes now." Operation Epic Fury, as the mission is called by US military officials, represents the largest US buildup in the Middle East in a generation with over 50,000 US troops and 200 fighter aircraft. According to the US military, 17 Iranian naval vessels have been destroyed and nearly 2,000 targets across Iran hit in the last four days alone. The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency has estimated that nearly 1,100 Iranian civilians, including 181 children, have been killed in t...
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